Davis Ansah Opoku (born 13 September 1984) is a Ghanaian politician, and a member of Parliament for Mpraeso Constituency in the

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. He serves as the Deputy Ranking Member of the

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and a member of the works & Housing Committee of Parliament In October 2021, the 40 under 40 awards ceremony adjudged Davis as a young leader in Governance and Government agencies.

Early life

Opuku was born in Accra, 13 September 1984 to Sampson Opoku of Kwahu Asakraka and Helena Opoku of Obomeng Kwahu.

Education

Opuku attended Nkwatia Secondary School in Ghana and graduated from the

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with a degree in laboratory technology. He continued to the

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to study Law and then to

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where he completed his course in communication. He holds a certificate in strategic political communication from the International Academy for Leadership (IAF), Germany and currently in the final stage of his

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and Masters in Law at the

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personal life

he is a christian.

Politics

Opoku was director of communications, then later director of operations for the Alliance for Accountable Governance whose role was to expose some alleged rots during the NDC term in office. Opoku is a member of the pressure group Let My Vote Count Movement. In 2019 he did his

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at the parliament and was part of the National Mock Parliament of the Ghana @ 50 celebrations and in 2021 became a full member of parliament for the Mpreaso Constituency. In 2020, he beat the current

, Seth Kwame Acheampong to represent the

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in the 2020 general elections. He further won the parliamentary elections to become the member of parliament for

Mpraeso Mpraeso is a town and the capital of Kwahu South district, a district in the Eastern Region of south Ghana, located at an altitude of 367 m on the Kwahu Plateau, which forms the south-west boundary of Lake Volta. Mpraeso has a 2013 settleme ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Opoku, Davis Ansah New Patriotic Party politicians Living people Ghanaian MPs 2021–2025 Alumni of the University of Leicester Ghanaian expatriates in the United Kingdom Alumni of the University of London University of Cape Coast alumni 1984 births Politicians from Accra